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Napping On This Job Could Mean Death
If the U.S. were to execute soldiers for war crimes as Defense Secretary Leon Panetta suggests, napping while on duty might land soldiers on death row. "Neglect of sentry duty," apparently a crime...
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Why Working More Than 40 Hours A Week Is Totally Useless
If you're working 55 or 60 hours a week, you're wasting your time. Sara Robinson at Alternet has written up a phenomenal history of the 40-hour work week. Here's the bottom line. She writes: "Adding...
View ArticleThis Manhattan Hotel Has The Fanciest Pillows You've Ever Seen
The Benjamin Hotel in midtown Manhattan wants its guests to have the best night's sleep ever, and it's doing so by putting a new twist on an old amenity: the pillow. The hotel has a sleep concierge...
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INFOGRAPHIC: How Much Damage All-Nighters Do To Your Body
Anyone who has pulled an all-nighter knows just how painful it can be. Once you've stared at a computer screen at 4 a.m. with a Mountain Dew, you swear you'll never do it again. But sometimes life...
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Violent Dreams Can Be A Warning Sign
When your head hits the pillow, for many it's lights out for the conscious part of you. But the cells firing in your brain are very much awake, sparking enough energy to produce the sometimes vivid...
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STUDY: Your Six Hours Of Shut-Eye Is Leaving You Horribly Sleep Deprived
You have a business. Maybe you have a couple of kids. You hope to have some shred of a social life. What you probably don't have many of then is good nights' sleep. You might be exhausted but at least...
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Psychologist Reveals The Meaning Of 10 Common Dreams
Many psychologists have given up trying to interpret dreams, but we talked to one who hasn't. Psychologist Ian Wallace has interpreted over 150,000 dreams during his 30 years of practice. "Most people...
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Presenting The Secret To Amazing Naps
Here's a useful set from the Boston Globe. 5 ways to improve your naps: If you're a morning person, the best time to nap is around 1 or 1:30PM. If you're a night owl, nap later, around 2:30 or 3PM....
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Too Much Stress And Staying Up All Night Are Making You Poor
It’s no secret that a lack of sleep along with high levels of stress can have an adverse effect on your life, whether you’re trying to function at work or effectively raise your children. But many...
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STUDY: People Who Sleep Less Than Six Hours A Night Are More Likely To Have...
The 30 percent of working adults who routinely sleep less than six hours a night are four times more likely to suffer a stroke, says a new study. The findings are the first to link insufficient sleep...
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IT'S TRUE: If You're Not Getting Enough Sleep, You'll Probably Get Fat
Scientists have long associated sleep deprivation with obesity, but whether one causes the other has been unclear. According to two new studies, sleeping fewer hours than your body needs does in fact...
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15 Things You Should Know About Sleep
Sleep is extremely important, but almost nobody gets enough of it. Recent studies suggest that lack of sleep may have more serious implications than previously thought. Lack of sleep might make you...
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A British Girl Fell Asleep In April And Woke Up In June
A 15-year-old British schoolgirl has just woken up from a two-month sleep to find she had missed nine GCSE exams. The Sun newspaper reports that Stacey Comerford suffers from a rare neurological...
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This Is The Newest Key To Winning In Baseball Most Teams Are Just Ignoring
Whether it's the Oakland A's putting more emphasis on on-base percentage than other teams, or the Tampa Bay Rays using radical infield alignments, baseball teams are always looking for the latest...
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Five Things That Are Keeping Americans Up At Night
Pfizer recently hired Braun Research Inc. to look into the leading causes of sleeplessness. They called up 1,000 Americans to find out what was keeping them up at night, what they would give up for...
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How Little Sleep Can You Get Away With?
The New York Times has an interesting article on the subject but the takeaway is here: In what was the longest sleep-restriction study of its kind, Dinges and his lead author, Hans Van Dongen,...
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Research Shows That Mastering 'Cognitive Flexibility' Is The Key To Happiness
Life's curveballs — whether a job loss, accident or diagnosis — seem to come from nowhere. While these situations seem unavoidable, it turns out that working on your "cognitive flexibility" will make...
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You Can Teach Your Brain To Learn While You're Asleep, Study Says
Forget pulling all-nighters: There's a more restive way to cram for tests. New research by neuroscientists at Northwestern University in Chicago shows people can actually learn while they're asleep....
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The Tricks Sleep Deprived People Use Don't Really Work
Take a look around: The sleep deprived are everywhere. It has a lot to do with our culture of round-the-clock workdays, which has led the most driven people to wake up before the rest of the world...
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10 Surprising Things That Will Kill You
Most people know that notorious bad habits like smoking and drinking will shave time off your life. But several perfectly normal, innocent things we do on a daily basis can also have adverse affects...
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